[ Academia ] [ Litigation ] [ Regulatory & Policy ] as a Relevant Course outside SLS for those interested in Economic Development : A student interested in working with an agency that provides economic assistance to less developed countries should take 1 or more courses that deal with economic development, economic growth, authority structures and efforts to foster the rule of law.

General course
Description:

Required of Political Science Ph.D. students with comparative politics as a first or second concentration; others by consent of the instructor. The origins of political and economic institutions and their impact on long run outcomes for growth and democracy. Emphasis is on the analysis of causal models, hypothesis testing, and the quality of evidence.

Course Style: A Substantive course teaches the law, theory, and policy in a particular area of law